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Eviction Notice
2005-08-01
So, if you pay any attention to the news, you're aware that the US military recently got an eviction notice from the Uzbeki officials stating that we had 180 days to remove ourselves from the K2 military base in Uzbekistan. They made it seem as if nobody knew why we would be evicted. It must be something we did, right? Maybe they're new "Bush Haters"? Maybe we didn't pay the rent? A site I visit brought this arguement up as a topic. Research by one of the members brought this information to our attention...

  • May of 2005: A prison uprising where the Uzbekistan government used force to quell the violence killed hundreds.
  • Approximately 500 Uzbeki citizens whom fear the continued violence, and have acted as human rights activists, fled the country to neighboring Kyrgyzstan and the UN, US and the EU are supporting them in their defection.
    Supporting story
    Supporting story
  • The EU/USA continue to put pressure on Kyrgyzstan to assure that they will not be returning the refugees to Uzbekistan
    Supporting story (on the page look for "QUESTION: On Uzbekistan")

  • And, finally, yesterday, this story gets a small blurb in a national news outlet. Unfortunately, it is within an article with a headline about a US diplomat changing his plans to visit Uzbekistan. Supporting story

    This story should have run with the headline...
    "UNHCR Backs US/EU on Human Rights Violations in Uzbekistan"
    Or...
    "Uzbekistan Hiding From UNHCR by Evicting US Military"
    • Betty Boop       Wed Aug 03 03:56:14 PM
    How did you con Cookie into letting you take her picture? I am so glad you did, though.
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    sopops       Wed Aug 03 01:23:37 PM
    look forward to the pics, will let you know which ones I would like to have e-mailed full size
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    BizB       Wed Aug 03 08:40:47 AM
    I got some great pics of BBFDIL (Cookie on here) and 'fer. I'll post them tonight as an update.
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    Betty Boop       Wed Aug 03 08:26:27 AM
    You guys worry about war and stuff like that and I wonder if I will get my laundry done today!
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    sopops       Wed Aug 03 07:21:50 AM
    Ignorance is bliss and I try not to worry about anything I have no control over. I have found that thru life, things I worried about yesterday are no longer relevant.
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    BizB       Tue Aug 02 04:39:38 PM
    I read today in a story linked from Drudgereport.com that the Chinese and Russian armies are going to partake in a joint war games exercise.
    Peace Mission 2005... my ass.

    I give it 10 more years before all hell breaks loose.

    Iran will have nukes
    Russia will be full-blown commie again
    and China will have the technology they need to wage an effectve war.
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    BigBro       Tue Aug 02 04:03:15 PM
    You should listen to NPR more. I was aware of this issue 3 weeks ago. The Uzbek government thinks it can play the bases as a trump card to get the US to back off. They are also getting nasty pressure from both the Russian and Chinese governments, both of whom do not like the idea of an US military base in their backyards. I wonder which other "stan" will take a US base
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